saintandrews

Tuesday, September 6th
NO SCHOOL for students. Staff Retreat

Wednesday, September 7th
8:15 – 10:15 am Grade 8 Students only (summer uniform)
10:00 – 11:00 am International Students
11:00 – 12:00 am New Grade 9-12 Students
11:00 – 11:30 am Homestay Orientation
1:30 pm Staff Meeting
Please note that every Wednesday is an early dismissal day for Staff and Departmental meetings

Thursday, September 8th
8:25 am – 1:50 pm All Students (summer uniform)
All students will assemble in the Gym for the opening school assembly

Friday, September 9th
8:25 pm – 3:05 pm All Students Individual Photo day

Congratulations to the following students who were recently awarded a District Authority Scholarship. The District/Authority scholarship is awarded to 5,500 high school graduates who have demonstrated excellence in their chosen area. The Ministry of Education and Child Care sets core eligibility requirements and general guidelines; local scholarship committees determine awarding criteria and select their conditional

The Grad Commissioning Service is being held on Tuesday, June 28 at 6:30pm  and will be live streamed.  https://www.youtube.com/c/RCDVictoriaLiveOne  

Congratulations to our Grade 10 students on their exceptional results in the provincial Literacy assessment, as 87% of the students scored a 3 or 4 on the marking scale.  This result exceeds the 71% of all students for BC, and 76% for students from independent schools, who achieved a 3 or 4 on the assessment

Congratulations to alumnus Fr. Kent Grealy, FSSP (SARHS ’10), who was ordained a Catholic priest on May 27. As far as we know, this is the first SARHS alumni to be ordained a priest!  

International students and conversation partners had fun at the annual end of year fish & chips lunch.  Students then hopped on a whale watching boat and were lucky enough to see the only whales reported that day.   

Recently, a group of International students enjoyed a couple of days exploring Vancouver. The students took in a double feature at Fly Over Canada, dined and played at Sunset Beach, water taxied to Granville Island and took in some shopping at Robson Street before heading home to Victoria.

Congratulations to the track athletes who displayed great results at the recent provincials!!! We had three quarters of our team earn personal best times!! They put forth their best and displayed great sabre spirit. The Jr. Girls 4×100 team (Maya V., Elyse L., Mariana B, and Svenya L.) earned a silver medal as well as

Congratulations to John C. who has been accepted into the B.C. Honour Band, reserved for the top students in B.C.  John will be performing next fall in Vancouver at the B.C. Music Educators’ Conference alongside the best young musicians in the province. Excellent work, John!! We are very proud of you!!

Our small but mighty St. Andrew’s Singers have done it again! This amazing group of only 13 students has won first place in their class at Provincials!! They will also be advancing to the Canada West Performing Arts Festival to be held virtually in July.  Go singers!! You are awesome!!